Latest "US-Pacific-Command" stories

US Navy dedicates Japan-based destroyer to US Sen. McCain

Not just one, not just two, but three generations of McCains are now honored on a U.S. Navy ship in the Pacific.

5 years ago

Why the head of Pacific Command will be the next US ambassador to South Korea instead of Australia

Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday that the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris, will not become Washington’s next ambassador to Australia and will be posted to South Korea instead.

5 years ago

Head of Pacific Air Forces to lead US Northern Command

Gen. Terrence O’Shaughnessy, currently the head of Pacific Air Forces, has been tapped to lead U.S. Northern Command and the North American Aerospace Defense Command, commonly referred to as NORAD.

By Valerie Insinna

5 years ago

North Korea fires 3 short-range missiles; US says tests fail

The U.S. Pacific Command said in a statement that two of the North’s missiles failed in flight after an unspecified distance, and another appeared to have blown up immediately.

6 years ago

North Korea issues trademark fiery rhetoric over US-South Korea drills

North Korea’s military on Tuesday greeted the start of annual U.S.-South Korean military drills with its standard fiery threats, vowing “merciless retaliation” for exercises Pyongyang claims are an invasion rehearsal.

6 years ago

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